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For Immediate Release May 07, 2013 Contact Information NHLBI Communications 301-496-4236 NHLBI_news@nhlbi.nih.gov (BPRW) Breathe Easier This Summer: Tips to Control Your Child’s Asthma (BLACK PR WIRE) — As the school year draws to a close and the temperature rises, children and families everywhere start to look forward to the simple pleasures of summer—jumprope, sunshine, playing ball, and cookouts. However, [...]
For Immediate Release March 11, 2013 Contact Information Media: Alice Hartnett 704-715-9115 alice.hartnett@wellsfargo.com Jennifer Langan 213-253-3452 jennifer.l.langan@wellsfargo.com Spanish-language media: Maria Fernanda Trochimezuk 310-696-9585 maria.fernanda@jelenagroup.com (BPRW) Wells Fargo commits to lending $55 billion to women-owned businesses by the year 2020 (BLACK PR WIRE) – SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 2013 – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC), America’s No. 1 small business [...]
For Immediate Release March 07, 2013 Contact Information Rakesh Singh Kaiser Family Foundation rsingh@kff.org 650-854-9400 Kylen Preator Griffin Schein kpreator@griffinshein.com 323-892-2080 (BPRW) WE ARE EMPOWERED: ALICIA KEYS WANTS TO CHANGE THE WAY WOMEN THINK ABOUT HIV – New Campaign from Greater Than AIDS Focuses on Women & HIV/AIDS in America – (BLACK PR WIRE) – MENLO PARK, CA, [...]
It’s never too late nor too early to learn your history. One month before the country celebrates the re-election of its first black president, and two months before it marks Black History Month on its national calendar, the LA Urban League takes a moment to celebrate its own “90 plus year milestone of serving the city of Los Angeles” with [...]
“Django: Unchained“… A controversial, racial, and political film released on Christmas day as a gift from Hollywood but to whom? The wrapping looks like Kente cloth, but upon closer inspection the Kente is fake. But who cares, right, since the wrapping paper people generally throw away? It’s the so called “gift” we’re after. Still, as with most things, presentation is [...]
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend an intimate discussion with Hill Harper, Debra Martin Chase, Lisa Jones Johnson and several others, discussing how we can use collaboration and innovation to help motivate young professionals under 40 to create leadership roles within our community. One of the main goals of this event was to allow the focused topic to prompt listeners to [...]
BlackNLA 9th Annual Toy Drive Benefiting At-Risk-Children 9th Annual Toy Drive Benefiting At-Risk-Children Looking For Business and Community Participation Learn how we’re helping children this season, and how you can too! It’s time to get ready for the holiday season! BlackNLA is kicking off its 9th Annual Holiday Toy Drive for underprivileged and at-risk youth all over the Los Angeles [...]
BlackNLA Around Town BlackNLA had the chance to check out Flo Rida along with about 80 fans at AMP Red Bull Sound Stage as he gave us a preview of his new album Wild Ones. Wild Ones is the fourth studio album by Flo Rida; and will be released on July 3rd, 2012 just in time for the 4th of [...]
On June 29th BlackNLA co-hosted the 6th Annual Producers Ball Hosted by Jermaine Dupri at Mansion Hollywood in conjunction with So So Def Entertainment, Epic Records, Global 14, Akoo, NUVO and more. In the house: Warren G, Ciera Payton, Haitian Fresh, Jackie Christie, Mopreme Shakur, Jermaine Dupri, DJ Tee, DJ Jam-X, DJ SIdekick, Leah LaBelle, Jake and Papa, the Page [...]
BlackNLA’s Q&A with Entrepreneur Today, we are talking to Bruce E. Mattare owner of Tronix Country, a company that provides financing for a wide selection of electronics. After seeing his commercials on television, we wanted to get a better understanding of how his business got started. He’s shared with us information about his career, his business, and even some tips [...]
By Darryl James There is a choice to be made. We have to be conscious and choose for ourselves, otherwise others will choose for us. We have to choose between loving each other or embracing the growing acrimony that is festering on both sides of the gender divide. Black males and females are at war with each other in many [...]
LA Event Recap: Food Network’s HUNGER HITS HOME Documentary By: Amber D. Wilson On Thursday, April 12th, BlackNLA was invited to attend a special screening of the Food Network and Share our Strength’s HUNGER HITS HOME documentary, which offers a sobering glimpse into the child hunger epidemic taking place right here in the United States. Along with approximately 100 other [...]
The reelection bid of President Barack Obama has posed some interesting dilemmas for those who helped push the change agenda. The change agenda has evolved into a manipulation agenda, whereby everybody has a new demand for the President. The new demand is an extension of the old demands of classic “stakeholder” politics; what did the President promise versus what did [...]
Check Out The Latest Commentary of Anthony Asadullah Samad, Ph.D. MTA and The Mayor On The LeimertPark Stop Vote: This City’s Reluctance To Bet on “Black” – Even When We Win, We Lose The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority did its usual “rope-a-dope” with the black community last week on the most important infrastructure investment of the next 100 years. [...]
By Darryl James This year’s Father’s Day was indeed a great day for me. In addition to enjoying the love of my son, I reflected on the love I received as a child from my own Father. My stepfather married my mother and her eight children because he loved her. He became my Father because he [...]
The Bridge: Blacks Souled Out, Part 1 James Brown was affectionately referred to as “Soul Brother Number One,” not just because he was one of the leaders of Soul Music, but because he was the physical embodiment of all things representative of the Soul of Black folks. Brown had the rhythm, the rhymes, the cool walk, the cool [...]
